With just days left in Barack Obama’s presidency, the Chicago Cubs were invited to visit the White House to celebrate the team winning the World Series. Obama is a lifelong Chicago White Sox fan, but he was welcomed into the Cubs fandom by the Cubs’ president of baseball operations Theo Epstein.
As Epstein presented Obama with the customary swag given to a president on a White House visit, Epstein offered Obama a “midnight pardon” for his previous baseball sins. Anthony Rizzo, no. 44 on the Cubs, handed Obama two no. 44 Cubs jerseys, including an away jersey. He was also given a 44 tile from the historic Wrigley Field scoreboard and lifetime pass to Wrigley Field for him and his family — though the president did note that it was non-transferrable.
Michelle Obama is a Cubs fan and visited with the team before the presentation, but President Obama wasn’t quite ready to give up his White Sox, though.
“Among White Sox fans, I’m the number one Cubs fan,” Obama said.
Before the visit began, the players were all over social media as they explored the White House.
Dexter Fowler, now a member of the St. Louis Cardinals, brought along a pair of custom Jordans for the president.
Could Kris Bryant, David Ross and Anthony Rizzo be considering a run for office? They would easily win Chicago.
Dabbing at the White House,
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Javy Baez, Willson Contreras and Pedro Strop broke out their best suits for the president.
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Jason Heyward, Addison Russell and Carl Edwards, Jr. doing the work of statesmen.
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And for some reason, Jimmy Buffett was there, too. Perhaps he needed a change of attitude, a change of latitude.
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